2026/27 Crop Year: US soybean crop conditions showed slight improvement last week.

The 2026/27 US soybean crop continues to develop rapidly. A survey conducted by… United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) As of last Sunday (19), it shows that 66% of the sown area reached the flowering stage, compared to 60% in the same period last year and the average of the last five seasons. The weekly advance was 16 percentage points. In addition, 32% The crops have already reached the pod formation stage, advancing 13 pp compared to the previous week. The pace is also above of that recorded in the same period of 2025 and the average of the last five years (24%Regarding crop conditions, 66% were classified as good/excellent, up 1 percentage point compared to the previous week, but 2 percentage points below what was observed in the same period last year. Of the remainder, 26% were rated as fair and 8% as poor/very poor.

Corn

In the case of corn, with the crops already sown and emerged, 59% the area has reached the stage of development, an advancement of 25 pp compared to the previous week. The index is above of the 53% recorded in the same period of 2025 and also exceeds the average of the last five years (54%Furthermore, 13% of the crops entered the heading stage, compared to 6% the previous week. This percentage coincides with that observed in the same period last year and exceeds the multi-year average (11%). Regarding crop conditions, 67% were classified as good/excellent, down 1 percentage point from the previous week and still lower than the 74% recorded at the same time in 2025. Of the remainder, 24% were rated as fair and 9% as poor/very poor.

Cotton

In cotton, 73% of the crops reached the squaring stage, an increase of 13 percentage points compared to the previous week and slightly above the historical average of 72%. Boll formation reached 32% of the area, compared to 22% the previous week, remaining in line with 2025 performance and the average of the last five years. Regarding crop conditions, 45% of the area was classified as good/excellent, an increase of 1 percentage point compared to the previous week, but still well below the 57% observed in the same period last year. Of the remainder, 37% is in fair condition and 18% are in poor or very poor condition.

Winter wheat

Regarding winter wheat, the harvest has progressed to 74% of the cultivated area, a weekly increase of 67 percentage points. This pace surpasses the 72% recorded in the same period of 2025 and the 71% multi-year average.

Spring wheat

In the case of spring wheat, 86% of the crops are in the tillering stage, a rate in line with that observed in the same period of the last season (86%) and the average of the last harvests (85%). As for crop conditions, areas classified as good/excellent represent 53% of the total, a decrease of 5 percentage points in the week, but still above that recorded last year (52%). In addition, 35% are classified as fair and 12% as poor/very poor.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.